Description
G6120T-55, Gretsch, Vintage Select, 1955 Chet Atkins, Bigsby, TV Jones, Vintage Orange Stain Lacquer
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Tony Elder / Steve Jackson
Black Dot Music
Est 1985
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Co-designed with the guitarist’s guitarist, Chet Atkins, the venerable 6120 is one of the most widely heard Gretsch instruments. The G6120T-55 Vintage Select Edition ’55 Chet Atkins® Hollow Body with Bigsby® stays true to the original design and astounding classic aesthetics. A veritable tonal multi-tool, this hollow body has an easy-playing, comfortable feel and rings out proudly with That Great Gretsch Sound!™
A pair of TV Jones® T-Armond single-coil pickups creates multi-dimensional tone with plenty of articulate detail. Traditional Gretsch controls allow you to blend and shape the pickups’ sounds, creating countless tonal variations. Add the new Gretsch “Squeezebox” capacitors and you get incredibly smooth taper and silky vintage high end. The standard “U”-shaped maple neck bears a 12”-radius rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets for a memorable playing experience that works with any fret-hand style. A pinned aluminum compensated bridge works with the Bigsby B6GBVF vibrato tailpiece for stable tuning while the vintage-style polished aluminum nut delivers signature snappy twang.
Designed for pure tone and slick, comfortable playing feel, this guitar features the classic appointments Gretsch fans desire—gold G-arrow control knobs, aged white binding with black purfling, durable gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish, aged pearloid block inlays with classic Western motif, gold vintage thick plexi pickguard with Gretsch logo and gold Grover® Sta-Tite™ tuning machines. A resurrected blast from the past with elegantly refined style and sound, the G6120T-55 Vintage Select Edition ’55 Chet Atkins® Hollow Body with Bigsby® is sure to satisfy any devotee of Gretsch’s golden era.
SPECS
- GENERAL
MODEL NUMBER 2401357822 SERIES Professional Collection FAMILY Nashville® / G6120 PLATFORM Nashville® / G6120 COLOR Western Orange Stain Lacquer NUMBER OF STRINGS 6 ORIENTATION Right-Hand
- BODY
BUILD Hollow Body CUTAWAY Single Cutaway BODY FINISH Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer BODY SHAPE Nashville® / G6120 BODY MATERIAL Laminated Flame Maple BRACING Parallel Tone Bars BODY BINDING Aged White with B/I Purfling BODY BACK Laminated Maple BODY TOP Laminated Flame Maple BODY DEPTH 2.75″ (7 cm)
- MISCELLANEOUS
STRINGS Nickel Plated Steel (.011-.049 Gauges)
- NECK
NECK MATERIAL Maple NECK FINISH Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer NECK SHAPE Standard “U” NECK BINDING Aged White SCALE LENGTH 24.6″ (625 mm) FINGERBOARD RADIUS 12″ (305 mm) FINGERBOARD MATERIAL Rosewood NUMBER OF FRETS 22 FRET SIZE Medium Jumbo NUT MATERIAL Polished Aluminum NUT WIDTH 1.6875″ (42.86 mm) POSITION INLAYS Aged Pearloid Blocks HEADSTOCK Early ’50s Gretsch NECK PLATE NA
- HARDWARE
BRIDGE Compensated Aluminum HARDWARE FINISH Gold TAILPIECE Bigsby® B6CBVF Vibrato Tailpiece TUNING MACHINES Grover® V98 Sta-Tite™ Open-Back PICKGUARD Gold Plexi with Black Gretsch® Logo and Artist Signature Sign Post Graphic CONTROL KNOBS Arrow
- ELECTRONICS
BRIDGE PICKUP TV Jones® T-Armond™ NECK PICKUP TV Jones® T-Armond™ CONTROLS Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone PICKUP SWITCHING 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup PICKUP CONFIGURATION Dynasonic™ / Dynasonic™